Carpet-loom



Patentd Jan. 21, 1896.

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' CARPET LOOM.

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XVILLIAM F. MCGREADY, OF HOHEVVOOD, PENNSYLVANIA.

CARPET- LOOM.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 553,253, dated January21, 1896.

Application filed November 30, 1894. Serial No. 530,305; (No model.)

T0 on whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM F. MCCREADY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Homewood, in the county of Beaver and State of Pennsylvania,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Carpet-Looms; and Ido hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it pertains to make and use the same, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification.

The object of my invention is to improve certain parts of a carpet-loom;and the invention consists of the details of construction andarrangement of parts hereinafter described, and particularly pointed outin the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of aportion of a carpetloom embodying my improvement-s. Fig. 2 is a planview of the stretching and presser rollers detached and on an enlargedscale. Fig. 3 is a perspective view, on an enlarged scale, of thetemple-carrier attached to the front post of the loom. Fig. 4 is a topview, and Fig. 5 a view of the inner side of the temple-carrier; andFig. 6 is a plan View of the shuttle-guide.

Similar letters of reference indicate similar parts in the severalfigures.

a a represent the front posts of a carpetloom of the type illustrated inPatent No. 373,246, granted November 15, 1887, to O. N. Newcomb. To thetop of each of these posts is secured a temple-carrier. As thesecarriers are duplicates a description of one will be sufficient.

The carrier consists of a casting having the horizontal plate portion 1)and the downwardly-extendin g vertical portion 0. The part b is providedwith a series of holes I) for the passage of screws, by means of whichit is secured to the post a. The vertical part c is provided with anelongated slot d, through which extends a pin e projecting from theplate f. This plate f is provided with reversely-arranged open-endedslots g and h, which serve as bearings for the journals of thepin-roller 2' and the pressure-roller j respectively.

represents the temple-rod and Z the finger on one end thereof. Theopposite end of the rod leis looselysupported in a plate or secured to alug m extending upwardly from the plate 1). Near the finger end the rod70 is provided with a downwardly-extending arm 0 provided with anopening 0, through which the pin 6 of plate f extends and is secured inposition by a suitable key 0 It will thus be seen that the rod 70 andplate f are connected togetherby the pin 2, which latter is free toslide in the elongated slot (1, and that the plate f and rod 7t willhave simultaneous and uniform movement. The rod k is surrounded by aspiral spring 70' which serves to return the rod k to its normalposition after it has been moved by the lay. The lay is provided withcontact plates 17, which engage the fingers Z of the rod 70 when the layis reciprocated.

1" represents a shuttle-guide provided with a series ofupwardly-projecting pins 5. These pins are arranged in the arc of acircle, the end pins being nearest to the lay. By thus arranging thepins 8 the shuttle is guided back toward the reed and is prevented fromstriking the ends of the wings t on the front side of the shuttleboxes.The shuttle-guide is secured to the front of the lay in any suitablemanner.

The pin-roller L' is nearest the lay and under the woven material, andthe pressure of the latter holds it down in its bearings. Thepressure-roller j is above the woven material and the latter serves alsoto hold this roller up in its bearings.

Having described my invention, I claim- 1. In a temple, the combinationwith the pin and pressure rollers, of temple carriers each consisting ofa casting having a horizontal plate portion secured to the loom frame,and a downwardly extending vertical portion having an elongated slot, aplate having oppositely arranged open ended slots which form bearingsfor the pin and pressure rollers, and provided with a projecting pinextending through said elongated slot, a temple rod loosely supported atone end in a plate secured to said casting and provided at its oppositeend with a finger and a downwardly extending arm having an openingthrough which said pin also extends, a spring surrounding the templerod, and a key to hold said pin in position, substantially as described.

2. In a, 100m, the combination With the lay, hereunto affix mysignature, in the presence of a shuttle guide secured to the frontthereof, of two Witnesses, this 24th day of September, IO and guide pinsprojecting upwardly from said A. D. 1894.

guide, said pins being arranged in the are of 5 a circle and the endpins being nearest the lay, WILLIAM MCCRDADL substantially as and forthe purpose speci- In presence of fied. R. L. MOOREADY,

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I J. K. BARBOUR.

